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1999 in birding and ornithology
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New species
Taxonomic developments
Europe
Britain
Scandinavia
North America
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See also
1998 in birding and ornithology
,
main events of 1999
and
2000 in birding and ornithology
Worldwide
New species
See also
Bird species new to science described in the 1990s
The
jocotoco antpitta
from
Ecuador
is described.
Taxonomic developments
To be completed
Europe
Britain
Breeding birds
More than 400
red kites
fledged across Britain.
Migrant and wintering birds
Large numbers of
pomarine skuas
are seen off the east coast during October and November.
Rare birds
The third and fourth
Iberian chiffchaffs
are seen during the spring.
Britain's third
spectacled warbler
is seen in
Devon
in June.
The first
royal tern
for Scotland and fifth for Britain is seen in
Lothian
in August.
There is an influx of American
waders
during September.
A
short-billed dowitcher
seen first in
Aberdeenshire
and then in
Cleveland
is the first record for Britain.
Britain's first
short-toed eagle
(
Circaetus gallicus
) is found on the
Isles of Scilly
on 7 October until 11 October
[
1
]
A
black-faced bunting
in
Northumberland
in October is the second for Britain.
Britain's second
mourning dove
appears in the
Outer Hebrides
in November.
Britain's fifth
Balearic woodchat shrike
(
Lanius senator badius
) at Troy Town,
St Agnes
from 21 to 27 April. (Accepted by the BBRC)
[
2
]
Other events
The
British Birdwatching Fair
has Brazil's Atlantic forests as its theme for the year.
[
3
]
Scandinavia
To be completed
North America
In April,
Louisiana State University
student David Kulivan sees a pair of
ivory-billed woodpeckers
in the
Pearl River Wildlife Management Area
on the
Louisiana
/
Mississippi
border.
To be completed
Asia
To be completed
References
↑
Robinson, P. (2003)
The Birds of the Isles of Scilly
. London: Christopher Helm.
↑
Hudson, D.C. (2010)
Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2009
. Isles of Scilly Bird Group.
↑
"Celebrating 30 years of Birdfair: 3 decades of global conservation impact"
.
Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon
. 31 July 2018
. Retrieved
12 December
2022
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